I can only speak for myself. As a former Christian, I believed all religions not Christianity were false, promoted belief in a false god(s), and would stray one from the path to salvation. The term "Voodoo" carried very deep rooted negative connotations and I believed that the adherents of "Voodoo" were naive superstitious backwarded devil worshippers engaging in human sacrifice and licentious sexual orgies. "Voodoo" equated in my mind any and all beliefs of West and Central African origin.